One of the most popular measures of bond yield is yield to maturity (YTM). Also called book yield or redemption yield, it’s the estimated rate of return an investor can expect from a bond when held ...

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. Wanan Yossingkum / Getty Images An unamortized bond ...

Calculating interest expense on a payable bond should be relatively straightforward, but then the accountants got involved. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, turn what is ordinarily a ...

A bond yield is the current coumpounded interest rate that an investor can earn by purchasing a certain bond at its current market price. When an investor buys a bond, they are essentially lending ...